For me trading can be considered as a gambling because of the risks that trading has. Your taking risks from your money. You are hoping and you know that your money will gave you back something. But still they have their difference. Trading is about exchanging and you just wait for your item or prize, in gambling you hope for your money comeback.
It still depends on the situation, in gambling, luck is one of the most important factors affecting one's game, but in trading you usually used your cognitive skills (analyzing, speculating, predicting, etc.) thus increasing your chances to earn.
Trading and gambling are similar in that they both attempt to create a capital gain, over a relatively short period of time, but trading can't be considered as gambling. I’m going to compare the two of them. Gamblers are simply playing the available odds; traders always examine the past performance of target stocks leading up to a purchase. Traders are very much happy to accumulate wealth a little at a time while gamblers are often looking to hit a jackpot price. Traders have a high chance of earning a long term profit.
On the other hand, gambling is purely based on luck and trading is based on strategies. No matter what strategies you have in gambling, still you don’t know what will be the outcome of the game. In trading, earning huge amount of profit is on your hands if your strategy is effective.
